OBJECTIVE To assess the associations between different antidepressant treatments and the rates of suicide and attempted suicide or self harm in people with depression. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Patients registered with UK general practices contributing data to the QResearch database. PARTICIPANTS 238,963 patients aged 20 to 64 years with a first diagnosis of depression between 1 Januar...

W . P. DE SUVA Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo Campus. SUMMARY The annual figures for deaths from suicide in Sri Lanka greatly exceed the total of sudden deaths due to homicide and accidents. A study of the suicide pattern in Sri Lanka indicates that the rate has risen sharply over the past two decades. The rate for the island has surpassed the ra...